The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-25

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There was quite a storm along the
coast on the night,of thesl9th~
The delegates to the Atlanta Conven-
ton have all returned and report having
had a pleasant and profitable time.
Hon. L. C. Latham, member of Con-
gress of the first district, has appointed
James Bridgers Arendall, of Morehead
City, to the U. s. Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
The n. c, Tobacco Association held
a pleasant and interesting meeting three
days at the Atlantic .Hotele9.J. S. Carr,
of Durham, President; VIII. Robinson,
of Oxford, Secretary.
Senator Riddleberger, of Virginia,
who was sent to Jail last week for con-
tempt of court, has been released upon
testimony of physicians that the Senator
was not able to stand confinement.
s-Messrs. j. E. c. Bell, of Currituck,
and o: +. Baxter, of Pasquotank, with
their families, passed through this city on
Monday or their return from the Atlanta
Convention. They We're delighted with
the Convention. and their trip generally.
They are going to have a Farmers In
%stitute at Elizabeth City this fall and say
they hope to make it the very best one
ever held in the State. They say that
the Farmers Inter-States Convention is
destined to accomplish great things for
the South, and that the Albemarle section
| will be in Raleigh 1888, to meet their
brethren from the South.
The Postoffice Department has ar
ranged to issue about September 18th the
adhesive stamps and the stamps on the
| stamped envelopes with a change in the
colors. The main object is to make the
| color of these two classes of stamps cor
| respond. The 2 cent adhesive stamp will
be changed in color from red to green,
and the 3 cent stamp from green to yer-
million. The designs will remain the
same. The color of the 2, cent stamp on
the stamped envelope will be changed
| from red to green; the 4 cent stamp, from
| green to carmine; the 5 cent stamp, from
brown to dark blue; the 80 cent stamp,
Ifrom black to brown, and the so cent
stamp, from carmine to purple. &>1
NThe editor in charge congratulates
the North Carolina delegation on the high
stand they took in the Atlanta Conven-
ton. We were loath to part with the
| Editor when he started to the Convention
for several reasons, mainly because of, the
responsibility imposed upon us, and again
I'VE could but envy him the pleasure of
greeting the men who stand at the helm
and guide the ship Of agriculture over
this blessed country, the ten cotton States
Of the South, but we were fully repaid
when we saw by telegraph dispatches
that he was elected President of that i'm
portant body Of representative Southern
men. We learn that he, was elected
unanimously and by reclamation, and Mr..
B. F. Hester, of Granville, was elected
| Secretary and Treasurer by the same
| fattering vote. We doff our hat to
that splendid Journal the Atlanta Con-
stitution for the many pleasant things said
of our Editor, and especiallyfor the notice
| of Col. Folks speech. in which he says:
"HisIpaper was admirably read and was
| pronounced one of the ablest essays ever
| delivered in Georgia THE PRoGREssIvE
FARMER is proud Of the North Carolina
delegation in the Interstate Convention.
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